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gredient under the driving influence of said pressurized fluid, meanswithin said head for.

dlent radially into said dry ingredient prior to the entrance thereofinto the internal open end of said tube under thedriving influence ofsaid pressurized fluid, said discharge end of said tube beingdiametrically reduced in one plane injecting a plurality of streams ofaWet ingrepacking it in an open-mouthed receptacle neving axially whilebeing filled with said material, said apparatus comprising a mixing headdisposed outside the mouth of said receptacle, a mixing chamber in saidhead, an elongated filling tube having an internal open endcommunicatcoincident with the axis of said tube to deliver I saidmaterial therefrom in a substantially'fiat the bottom of the receptacle,a jet for gaseous pressurized fluid axially aligned with and spacedaxially from the opposite internal open end of said tube located Withinsaid head for driving material through and out of said remote open endof said tube, means for feeding a loose dry ingredient of said materialinto said head circumferentially of said jet to bring said dryingredient under the driving influence of said pressurized fluid, meanswithin said head for injecting a plurality of streams of a wetingredient radially into said dry ingredient prior to the entrancethereof into the internal open end of,

said tube under the driving influence of said pressurized fluid, saiddischarge end of said tube being diametrically reduced in one planecoincident with the axis of said tube and diametrical- 1y enlarged in aplane at right angles to the plane of diametrical reduction to deliversaid material therefrom in a substantially flat ribbonlike stream. d s

7. Apparatus for delivering material intoand packing it in anopen-mouthed receptacle moving axially while being filled with saidmaterial,

said apparatus comprising a mixing head dis-,

posed outside the mouth of said receptacle, a, mixing chamber insaidhead, an elongated filling tube having an internal open endcommunicating with said chamber saidtube extending from said head intosaid receptacle through the open mouth thereof with a remote externalopen discharge end of said tube initially disposed adjacent but spacedfrom the bottom of the receptacle, ajet for gaseous pressurized fluidaxially aligned with I and spaced axially from the opposite internalopen end of said tube located within said head for driving materialthrough and out of said remote-open end of said tube, means for feedinga loose dry ingredient of said material into said head circumferentiallyof said jet to bring said dry ingredient under the driving influence ofsaid ing with said chamber said tube extending from said head into saidreceptacle through the open mouth thereof with a remote externalopendischarge end of said tube initially disposed adjacent but spacedfrom the bottom of the receptacle, a jet for gaseous pressurized fluidaxially aligned with and spaced axially from the opposite internal openend of said tube located within said head for driving material throughand out of said remote open end of said tube, means for feeding a loosedry ingredient of said material into said head crrcumferentially-of saidjet to bring said dry ingredient under the driving influence of saidpressurized fluid, a plurality of radial passages formed within saidhead and dis charging into said chamber for injecting a plurality ofstreams of a pressurized thermo llquified ingredient into said dryingredient prior to the entrance thereof into the internal open end ofsaid tube under the driving influence of said pressurized fluid, and aheating jacket formed around said head and around said tube from saidhead to said discharge end of said .tube for maintain-- ing'saidthermo-liquified ingredient in a liquid state until discharged with saiddry ingredient 'fromthe discharge end of said tube.

' said ram operable in a cylinder closed at its opposite endsrespectively, a pair of tanks connected respectively to the upper end ofthe cylinder abovev said piston and to the lower end of the cylinderbelow said piston, aqueous fluid in the lower portion of each tank,pressurized gaseous fluid in the upper portions of each tank, and valvemeans operable ram supporting said platform, a piston on the lower endof. said ram operable in a cylinder closed at its opposite endsrespectively, a

pair of tanks connected respectively to the upper pressurized fluid, aplurality of radial passages formed within said head and discharginginto said chamber for injecting a plurality of streams of a pressurizedtherm'o-liquified ingredient into said dry ingredient prior-t0 theentrance thereof into the internal open end of said tube under thedriving influence of said pressurized fluid, and a 8. Apparatus fordelivering material into and raising and lowering said platform and afluid motor carried by said ram for rotating said platform duringlowering thereof.-

11. Apparatus for axially moving a receptacle being filled and packedwith material, comprising a platform for supporting the receptacle, aram for raising and lowering said platform, a stem depending from saidplatform, ahead on said mm, a bearing for said stem slidably mountedin'an axial cavity in said head, a collar on said stem resting on theupper side of said bearing, a

spring encircling said stem and exerting an up- A. ZWIEBELSON March 2,1948.

. BRASS IERE Filed March 28, 1946

